Naugatuck’s mobile food pantry

Naugatuck’s mobile food pantry is open the second Thursday of the month from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the event center, 6 Rubber Ave. The pantry is hosted by Naugatuck Partnership for Children, United Way of Naugatuck and Beacon Falls, and the Ion Bank Foundation. Volunteers are needed and welcome to help at the pantry. Once a month, CT Food Bank mobile food truck comes to Naugatuck with approximately 5,000 pounds of food (mostly fresh produce, dairy). Officials at the CT Food Bank estimate this location to be the largest in the state after the numbers at first opening.